WINDOW BOX GALLERY : BREACHING NIRVANA
work by Churla Mitchell
Performance Nov. 13 3pm Installation Nov. 13 – Dec. 30
Breaching Nirvana
This piece grew out of a need to come to terms with a traumatic period in my life. I was entangled in a relationship with someone who was badly addicted to crack cocaine. By the time I discovered this, it was extremely difficult to disentangle myself from the relationship and it took a lot of will power and strength to finally end it permanently. In Breaching Nirvana, I convey the feeling of freedom that I finally achieved.
Churla Mitchell
Churla Mitchell is a multi- media, bi-polar performance and visual artist and maker of things. She studied painting and sculpture at The Alberta College of Art and Fashion Design at George Brown College. Her medium use includes water colour, indigo and other natural dyes, wax encaustic, embroidery, knitting, crystals, oil paint and plant matter. She grew up under the influence of the Northern Lights in Alberta and moved east at the age of nineteen to follow her artistic dreams. She reads Runes as a divination method for personal spiritual growth and has a crystal practice as well as being an avid gardener.